Evaluation of the urinary microbiota of women with uncomplicated stress urinary incontinence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Female urinary microbiota are associated with urgency urinary incontinence and response to medication. The urinary microbiota of women with stress urinary incontinence has not been described.

Objective

We sought to study the cross-sectional relationships between urinary microbiota features and demographic and clinical characteristics of women undergoing stress urinary incontinence surgery.

Study design

Preoperative urine specimens were collected from women without urinary tract infection and were available from 197 women (174 voided, 23 catheterized) enrolled in a multicenter prospective randomized trial, the Value of Urodynamic Evaluation study. Demographic and clinical variables were obtained including stress and urgency urinary incontinence symptoms, men

SUBMITTER: Thomas-White KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5182144 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature